LETTER TO JOHN GARDINER FROM STANSFIELD TURNER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05T00644R000301020004-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 22, 1980
• Content Type: LETTER

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ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER
22 January 1980
Dear John,
Pat and I want to tell you how very much we enjoyed
our stay with you for the Senator's Cup. It would have been
a highlight of our year in any event, but at this time it
was particularly appreciated. The pace of activities since
the taking of our Embassy in Tehran has indeed been frantic
back here. The opportunity to get away from that and relax
in a congenial atmosphere was just what I needed.
Indeed I don't know where we could have found a more
congenial atmosphere. I say that not only with respect to
the. marvelous group of people you brought together for the
tournament but in commendation of you and all of your staff.
I can seldom remember greater warmth and hospitality from
every member of an organization like yours. It was such a
pleasant, delightful and relaxing atmosphere for us both.
Again, thanks for your kindness and hospitality.' We'll
hope to come back some day as members of the clinic and really
improve our tennis. In the meantime, every good wish.
Mr. John Gardiner
John Gardiner's Tennis Ranch
5700 East McDonald Drive
'Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
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Admiral Stansfield Turner
1320 Skipwith
McLean, Virginia 22101
Please be our guest for tennis, fun, and a worthy cause. The
Seventh Annual Senator's Cup will be held at John Gardiner's
Tennis Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 18, 19, and 20, 1980.
Mr. Merv Griffin is our Honorary Chairman. The Honorable Senator
Charles H. Percy, of Illinois, is Captain of the Republican Team
and the Honorable Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., of Louisiana,
is Captain of the Democratic Team.
There will be three events: The Senator's Cup, Senators and
Guests, and an Open Event, plus Merv Griffin's Show with Eva
Gabor, Clint Eastwood, and Carl Reiner.
All proceeds from the Tournament will go to the Hospice of the
Valley, a non-profit corporation providing Home Care for the
Terminally Ill.
We sincerely hope you can be with us.
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